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Jiang Jiong returned to Xiliang a few days ago. He handed Liu Jing's handwritten letter to Qiang King Nangong Suo. He could see that Nangong Suo was very unhappy with the letter, so he immediately snubbed Jiang Jiong and ordered him to go home and rest. , there is no more news.

Jiang Jiong’s home is in Zhangye County, Zhangye County is also the royal city of the Qiang people. The city is full of Han people’s buildings and Qiang people’s tents. The king’s tent of Qiang King Nangong Suo is located in Zhongyang, and Jiang Jiong’s home is in the county seat. In the northwest corner is a small house covering an area of ​​two acres. The mansion is solid and solid. It is a high-end house. It was originally the house of a businessman. After the businessman fled Liangzhou more than ten years ago, the house was vacant. In order to thank Jiang Jiong for bringing his son back from Chang'an, Nangong Suo gave him this house to live in.

Only Jiang Jiong, father and son, and a few servants lived in the house. Jiang Jiong's wife temporarily lived in Guanzhong's natal family. She didn't know that their father and son were currently in Liangzhou. For Jiang Jiong, Xiliang was only a temporary stop. When the situation in Longxi calmed down, he would take his son and leave Liangzhou.

In the past two days, Jiang Jiong was really in a bad mood. Another staff member of Nangong Suo told him privately that the last time he and Tao Li went to Sichuan and were hunted down by Di Hu, Nangong Suo actually revealed to Yang Wanwan The purpose of the news is to use Yang Wanwan's hand to kill Tao Li, so as to provoke Liu Jing to send troops to Longxi, so that the Qiang people can seek greater benefits in it.

As for Jiang Jiong, it just happened at the right time, which confirmed that Tao Li's guess was completely correct. He was still defending Nangong Suo on the road, thinking that Nangong Suo would not betray them. It was this news that made him depressed, even though he I believe that Nangong Suo didn't intend to kill himself, but Nangong Suo obviously didn't take his life into consideration. Dihu killed Tao Li, and he would definitely kill him too. How could Nangong Suo not know?

At this moment, Jiang Jiong finally saw Nangong Suo's deep distrust of him. Maybe he was called a Qiang, but in fact he was no different from a Han. Treat it as a Han Chinese.

In the afternoon, Jiang Jiong returned to the mansion in a sullen mood. Today, he asked Nangong to resign and was about to return to Tianshui. Cao Cao and Liu Jing had reached an armistice agreement, Guanlong had been assigned to the Han army, and the situation in Tianshui had completely calmed down. , this is the time for him to go home, and then bring his wife back, and the whole family can be reunited.

But Nangong Suo avoided seeing him. He waited for nearly an hour, but Nangong Suo refused to see him, which made him feel depressed. However, he had already decided that no matter whether Nangong Suo agreed or not, he would leave.

As soon as Jiang Jiong returned home, his son Jiang Wei came out of the yard and said with a smile, "Why did Daddy come back?"

Jiang Wei is 13 years old this year. He is tall, strong, and has a delicate brow. He studied martial arts with his father, and his martial arts progressed rapidly. Even Nangong Suo's bodyguards were no match for him.

Looking at his son's sunny smile, Jiang Jiong's mood brightened all of a sudden, and he also said with a smile, "I wanted to bid farewell to King Qiang, but he refused to see me. Forget it, I will leave a letter for him, and we will leave immediately." .”

After a pause, Jiang Jiong asked again: "Have you bid farewell to Nangong Boyu?"

Jiang Wei nodded, and he took out a sword inlaid with gemstones, which was given to me by Boyu as a souvenir, and I also gave him my own sword. At this moment, Jiang Wei remembered something, and said quickly: "Father, Boyu told us not to go back to Tianshui County, but to Shuzhong or Guanzhong."

"Why?" Jiang Jiong frowned and asked in confusion.

"He may have some news that the Qiang people will attack Longxi."

"What!" Jiang Jiong was taken aback, quickly pressed his son's shoulder and asked in a low voice, "Are you serious about this news?"

"It was Boyu who told me personally. I don't know the specific reason, but he is a prince, so he should know the inside story better than us."

Jiang Xiong knew that his son had a very good relationship with Prince Nangong Boyu, and that Nangong Boyu had a good character, more kind-hearted than his father. Since he said this, it must be true, but Tianshui County is the foundation of his Jiang family. If someone attacked Tianshui County, wouldn't it destroy the foundation of the family.

Although Jiang Jiong didn't have a good opinion of his family, it was his family after all, and he was on an envoy to Shu, and he repeatedly assured Nangong Suo of his sincerity. Now Nangong Suo took advantage of the opportunity of the Han army to attack the Di people, and planned to attack the empty Longxi , This makes him Jiang Jiong how to face Liu Jing in the future.

Jiang Jiong didn't have time to think about it, and immediately said to his son, "Go and pack something, we'll leave right away."

Soon, Jiang's father and son packed a package, and they led their horses out of the house, got on their horses, and ran out of the city. Not long after they left the house, the Qiang cavalry surrounded Jiang Jiong's house. They were ordered by King Qiang to arrest Jiang Jiong and not allow him to leave Liangzhou.

"Not long after they left, hurry up!"

A thousand cavalrymen turned their horses' heads and chased towards the north gate like lightning.

Jiang Jiong took his son and ran out of the north gate. At this moment, Jiang Jiong heard the thunderous sound of horseshoes behind him. He looked back and saw dust flying not far away, and a cavalry was rushing towards him. Jiang Jiong turned pale in shock, he knew that it was King Qiang who refused to let him go.

"Go south!"

He took his son and ran to the south. He could only walk through the Dadouba Valley, cross the Qilian Mountains, and reach Hehuang. Now Liu Jing's army should be there. The father and son rushed all the way, but the more than a thousand pursuers behind But he kept chasing after him, getting closer and closer.

Jiang Jiong saw that the situation was critical, so he said to his son: "You go to the Han army to find Liu Jing. He promised me to send you to study in Xiangyang. You go!"

"Father, the child must be with the father."

"Don't be stupid, Nangong Suo will not kill me, but if you are caught by him, I will never escape, you go!"

Jiang Wei bit his lip tightly, and galloped his horse at a faster pace. Seeing his son walking away, Jiang Wei reined in his horse and blocked the pursuers. After a while, more than a thousand pursuers arrived, but the leading general did not see Jiang Wei, and shouted: "Go after Jiang Wei and kill him directly!"

Only then did Jiang Jiong understand that they were chasing his son. He was startled and angry at once, shouted, and swung his knife to knock down the cavalry who was about to chase his son. The Qiang cavalry was furious, and countless spears came together Stabbing at him, Jiang Jiong couldn't dodge in time, and was stabbed to death at the mouth of Dadouba Valley by a random spear.

A thousand cavalry continued to chase into the valley. The Qiang king ordered that they must catch up with Jiang Wei, regardless of life or death.

Dadouba Valley is a crack in the Qilian Mountains thousands of miles away, and it is also a crucial passage between Liangzhou and Hehuang. It is nearly [-] miles in depth. It reaches Zhangye County in the north and Qinghai Lake in the south. It enters from the Hexi Corridor. A shortcut in the Hehuang area, it saves a detour of thousands of miles, and its strategic position is extremely important.

Before the Han army wiped out the Di people in Longxi, the southern end of this valley road was stationed at a dangerous point by a thousand-man army built by Song Dynasty to defend against the Qiang and Hu cavalry coming from the north.

Since the fall of Song Jian, the defense here has been taken over by the Han army. Liu Jing selected 1000 people from Song Jian's Han prisoners of war to take over the garrison of Dadouba Valley, commanded by a general, and the station is in Dadouba. Valley south exit.

This army not only guarded the vital point at the southern end of the valley mouth, but also expanded tens of miles northward, and built three beacon posts to facilitate advance warning.

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After patrolling for more than [-] miles, when the cavalry was about to turn around and return to the post, a cavalry suddenly pointed to the north and shouted: "Look, what is that?"

Everyone looked to the north together, and saw a small black spot appeared on the mountain road in the distance, faintly resembling a horse, and all the cavalry urged the horse to gallop up, and when they got close, it was indeed a black horse with a person on its back. , the man has passed out, his hands are limp and drooping, looking at the clothes on his body, he doesn't look like a barbarian, but a Han, and he is not very old, at most fourteen or five years old.

All the cavalry were taken aback. You must know that wild wolves are rampant in the valley. It is extremely rare that a lone traveler is not eaten by wild wolves. A long sword with precious stones is not something that ordinary people can wear. He tried the boy's breath, and when he was still alive, he immediately ordered: "Give him some wine and take him back!"

The soldiers poured a few sips of spirits on the young man, and then led him to the post

In the room on the second floor of the outpost, the head of the village handed the sword to a medicine picker, "Mr. Wang, do you know how to read, and see what words are engraved on the handle?" During Li Cuizhi's rebellion, he fled to Xiping County with his family. He had excellent medical skills and opened a clinic. His reputation grew and he was hailed as the god of medicine by the barbarians in Hehuang. medicine. <Took the sword and looked at it, with a trace of surprise in his eyes, said: "This is Qiangwen, which means the sword of the prince, it should be the sword of the son of the Qiang king."

"He is clearly a Han, how could he be the son of King Qiang? Could it be that he is Nangong Boyu?" the head of the village asked in puzzlement. <Follow the head of the village and go downstairs, and see the rescued young man behind the manger, he has come to his senses, De Wang stepped forward and asked with a smile in the Qiang language, "Are you a Qiang nobleman?" <Saved myself, yes He was very grateful, shook his head and said: "I am not, I am a descendant of Tianshui Jiang's family, my father was originally the staff of Tianshui prefect Wei Kang."

The young man was Jiang Wei. His father fended off the Qiang cavalry's pursuit so that he could escape. He fled in the valley road for two days and two nights. Why did you come from the north, and you are still alone?" <The tone was gentle, the smile was kind, Jiang Wei's nose was sore, and he told the story of him and his father's escape, and finally said with tears: "Father stopped the Qiang cavalry I don’t know if I’m going to die or not, I’m grateful to the two uncles for saving the boy’s life, Jiang Wei will engrave it in his heart.” < quickly helped him up, “Son, you’re welcome, it’s also fate that we met in the valley.”

The head of the village had his eyes on his sword, but he was embarrassed to see the young man being so courteous, so he returned the sword to Jiang Wei, "This is your sword! It's very precious, take it away."

Jiang Wei shook his head, "Please, general, replace me with a scabbard. This scabbard will be my gift to the general for thanking you."

"Hehe! How dare you do that?"

The head of the village was overjoyed. The five gems on the scabbard were as big as pigeon eggs, and they were worth at least ten thousand dollars. Since the young man wanted to give it to him, he accepted it bluntly, "That's it! I'll keep it for you first, and later You can come to me and get it back."

The head of the village was polite, and then asked with concern: "Is Jiang Shaolang going back to Tianshui County? I can send two soldiers to take you back."

Jiang Wei thought for a while and said, "I was hunted down by the Qiang people, probably because I knew some military secrets of the Qiang king. I want to see His Royal Highness the King of Han, is that okay?" , I happen to be going back to Xiping County too, so we can go together."

The head of the village also said with a smile: "With the God of Medicine, I don't need to send troops to escort him. His reputation is such that even the bandits will kneel and kowtow to him." <Leaving the post, the old and the young rode southward.